Letter,
June 18, 1775the day after the Battle of Bunker Hillfrom
Abigail Adamsin Braintree, Massachusetts, to her husband,John
Adams.
He was in Philadelphia representing Massachusetts at the Continental
Congress.

The letter,
one of more than 1,000 that Abigail and John Adams exchanged
during long years of separation, combines political and family
news with Abigail's forthright views on the events of the
day.

The Adamses
felt the cost of the battle on a personal level: Abigail's
letter opens with the news that they've lost their close friend
Dr. Joseph
Warren, who had been a spokesman for the Revolutionary
cause.